Neo-Orthodoxy or Fundamentalism?
In a recent post, Tim lamented the fact that some self-labeled “Fundamentalists” had their priorities wrong. He specifically cited an instance where...
Category: faith
Wrapping up the year
Today is the last day of the year. It’s been a long time since my last post, but life has been hectic. Thankfully, I was able to finally purchase a Toyota...
Happy Reformation Day!
Today, October 31st, is Reformation Day. 488 years ago, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the castle church of Wittenberg, and the world was tot...
The Aestethics of Christian Worship
Two days ago, my boss pointed me out to a very significative statement made by Denton Lotz, General Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. The statement was m...
A Sermon on the Lord’s Supper
Sermon preached some Sunday in 2000, exact date unknown, at Villa Morra Baptist Church, Asunción, Paraguay, South America. Note: Since I preached this message ...
A belated First Anniversary
This day, this dreadful day, let each contend; No rest, no respite, till the shades descend; Till darkness, or till death, shall cover all: Let the war bleed, a...
The Wine of Life
Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falli...
A (very late) Book Meme
Tim tagged me for a book meme some ages ago. Dialup and time crunch prevented me again from doing this before; but here it is at last: How many books have I own...
The Boom Box Issue
I would like to share with you something that happened to my wife at her work. She is blessed to work at an evangelical (Baptist) institution with a large staff...
Three Virtues of a Victorious Church
Sermon preached on Sunday, April 24, at New Life Baptist Temple Church, Asunción, Paraguay, South America. Text: The main text is Acts 9:31: So the church thro...
You Won’t See My Photo Around
Last Wednesday I was getting ready for an important meeting where I was supposed to make a presentation, when I turned on the TV just because I wanted to pinpoi...
Biblical or Systematic Theology?
Lee at Two-Edged Sword has a thought-provoking post commenting about the dislike on some circles for Systematic Theology, preferring Biblical Theology instead. ...
A Stench in the Nostrils of Civilization
The image you see at the right is a portrait of Ford Hendrickson, an independent missionary who worked in Venezuela first, and then in Paraguay. He was born on ...
Guest: Small Victories, Deep Sorrows
Previous posts from our host, Eduardo, have told the tales of how often a church can be a battle ground far uglier than, say, the politics of the Ukraine. That ...
Summer Movies Galore: K-19: The Widowmaker
When K-19: The Widowmaker first came to our town, I passed on the opportunity to see it; “I don’t need another catastrophe on film”, I thougt....
The Myth of Self-Esteem
One of the majorly destructive myths of US culture is that self-esteem needs to be built up to a healthy level. There are a few things patently wrong with this....
Guest: Blogging and Journalistic Transparency
Serious bloggers don’t take themselves too seriously. If they did, there’s too a good a chance no one else would. A very human necessity in publicat...
A hard time at my church
This week is hard for my church. A beloved and respected senior lady passed away after battling a long illness; and the 21-year old son of one of our missionari...
Now, Seriously…
I hope many had a good laugh out of yesterday’s post. But now we need to consider a more serious note on yesterday’s commemoration. The Feast of the...
Introducing Michael
Today I saw on my comments the name of Michael Finegan. Michael is a fifteen-year old high-school student from Illinois whose utmost purpose in life is strictly...
What kind of apologist are you?
Interesting… You scored as Evidentialist. You are an evidentialist! Apologetics primarily consists in showing the good reasons one has to believe the clai...
Paraguayan traditions: Christmas is coming…
Yesterday, when I came home after work I saw that my wife, together with one of my sisters-in-law, put up a beautiful pesebre, or manger scene, in a corner of o...
My tradition on the bench
Today I realized something that looks frightening, to say the least. I realized that my convictions do not match, and never did, those of the faith tradition I ...
A Baptist Town Hall Meeting
Yesterday evening we had Town Hall Meeting in our church. Everything was going smoothly, when all of a sudden Rev. JM wanted to be designated on the spot as the...
A suggestion: YABCB
I would like to suggest Yet Another Big, Christian Blogroll — YABCB ™ When I began to blog, I felt in many ways like an outcast. One of the reasons ...
Gospelcom issue: Solved!
I left office last Friday with my complaint about spam generated by a site hosted by Gospelcom. A few minutes later I realized I forgot something, so I had to g...
GospelCom, please take notice!
Some stupid moron thought that sending spam would be an effective method Christian marketing. The moron posted these email addresses for consultation: elarrosa@...
Please pray for Patrick
This post from KDE hacker Fred Emmott says it all. Patrick Volkerding, the one and only man behind the marvelous Slackware Linux distribution, is battling a rar...
Post Tenebras Lux
The first Carnival of the Reformation, Post Tenebras Lux, is now available at Jollyblogger’s place. I had the privilege to contribute with James Leo Garre...
James Leo Garrett and Sola Scriptura
One day, wandering through the old Paraguayan Baptist Theological Seminary library, I picked a copy of a book almost in mint-condition: Systematic Theology: Bib...